Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, killing more than 60

Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants, many believed to be Ethiopian, sank in bad weather.

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The vessel capsized off the southern province of Abyan on Sunday, Yemen's chief for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told the BBC. Twelve people had been rescued, Abdusattor Esoev said, but dozens were still missing.

Most of the victims are believed to be Ethiopian nationals, the IOM said.

Yemen is a major pathway for migrants from the Horn of Africa travelling to Gulf states in search of work. The IOM estimates that hundreds have died or gone missing in shipwrecks in recent months.

Abyan security officials said that a large search-and-rescue mission had been launched and many bodies had been found across a wide area of shoreline.